Celebrating fifty years of the Faculty of Actuarial Science and Insurance
FASI reaches 50
Bayes’ ground-breaking and highly-respected Faculty of Actuarial Science and Insurance (FASI) can trace its roots back to the launch of the UK’s first BSc in Actuarial Science in 1974.
Read about the faculty’s progress through the decades.
Events
We’re marking the 50th anniversary through the 2024/25 academic year. You can find out here about a series of special events.
A highlight is the 27 November event FASI@50, when The FT’s data supremo (and City St George’s alumnus) John Burn-Murdoch will give a talk around fairness in a time of demographic change. A panel of illustrious alumni and current and former academics will discuss ‘learning from our past to forecast the future’.
Events include:
- Women into Insurance, 7 November 2024, London (fully booked)
- 50th anniversary alumni celebratory reception, 16 November 2024, Kaula Lumpar
- FASI@50 with John Burn-Murdoch and expert panel, 27 November 2024, London
- Innovative Pathways: Pensions, Fintech, and the Evolving Landscape 28 November 2024, London
- Joint PhD Colloquium in actuarial science, 9 December 2024, London
- Reception for current students, May/June 2025, London
- Insurance Data Science Conference, 19-20 June 2025
- Regular research seminars with leading academic and industry experts. Held throughout the academic year.
Our research
We’re also taking a trip down memory lane via some of the most important – or quirky – research undertaken by the hundreds of academics who have served with distinction over the past half century.
